Debris Found in Gulf Search For Grand Zenith
Boston report: debris spotted 300 miles off Cape Cod intensified search for the tanker Grand Zenith and its 38 crew. Coast Guardsman says debris is first sign. Dallas vessel and helicopter sweep a 12 000 square mile area as planes report planks a box and orange floats. No trace of the 642 foot Panamanian tanker or its 8.2 million gallon cargo since the vessel radioed eight days ago after heavy seas.
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Boston
UPI
Cape Cod
Coast
Lynch and Byrne get three and four year minimums
White Plains with UPI reports Mel Lynch and Dominic Byrne were sentenced Thursday to minimum prison terms of three and four years for their part in the Bronfman kidnap case. Jurors questioned the verdict saying the kidnapping of Samuel Bronfman II on August 8, 1975 may have been a hoax and that the defendants have already served enough time.
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Amelia Dricot
Mount Vernon
Seagram
Samuel Bronfman II
Chicago to probe real estate bias after UPI series
UPI disclosed a five part series Evolution of a Ghetto prompting two investigations. U.S. Attorney Samuel Skinner and Illinois Real Estate Commissioner Marion Valle ordered probes into brokers using discriminatory practices and panic selling on Chicago's Southwest side as possible violations of the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
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Chicago
UPI
United Press International
U.S
Samuel Skinner
Illinois
Marion Valle
Five years to rebuild Lebanon under new premier
Prime Minister Selim al Hoss said Lebanon’s reconstruction after civil war could take up to five years and cost over $4 billion. He noted strict press censorship as a temporary necessity, hoping to lift it soon, while leading an eight-man cabinet of technocrats in phased rebuilding.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Selim al Hoss
Hoss
Elias Sarkis
Doha
Massachusetts Mayors Plan Class Action Over Public Works Funds
About 17 Massachusetts communities plan to sue the federal government to block $52.3 million in public works funds they say were awarded on a discriminatory basis. Lawrence Mayor John Buckley says he and 16 other mayors will file in court once lawyers confirm, aiming to halt distribution of the money earmarked for high unemployment areas. A two hour meeting with EDA head John Corrigan drew 200 officials from nonaward towns.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Lawrence
John Buckley
Regional Economic Development Administration
John Corrigan
Carter names six to top State Department posts
President elect Jimmy Carter named one woman and five men to top State Department posts. Lucy Benson becomes undersecretary of state for security assistance, a historic high for a woman. Richard Gardner named ambassador to Italy. Reinhardt named director of US Information Agency. Habib remains undersecretary for political affairs. Moose, Lake, Cooper, and Nimetz also appointed to key roles in economic, planning, and counseling positions.
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Philip C. Habib
Henry Kissinger
Habib
South Korea
Vietnam
State Department
Richard M. Moose
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Anthony Lake
National Security Council
Carter
Richard N. Cooper
Yale University
Matthew Nimetz
New York
Censored HEW report on alcohol grant abuses released
UPI reports a heavily censored HEW inquiry into 23 million dollars in federal alcohol abuse grants. The 16 grants to groups such as United States Jaycees Boys Clubs of America Airline Pilots Association and PTA are noted, with most findings deleted. The full report will be sent to Congress soon and includes phrases partially visible only as blank pages.
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Washington
UPI
Government
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
HEW
Freedom of Information
Russell Roberts
Harry Bell
National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Bell
United States Jaycees, Boys’ Clubs of America
Airline Pilots Association
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
PTA
Irving Wolf
Hew’s
Institute On Alcoholism
Carrillo seeks U.S. bases to stay in Spain
In an exclusive UPI interview Madrid Communist Party chief Santiago Carrillo says U.S. military bases should remain in Spain for now to avoid upsetting the balance of power. He argues for Spain joining the European Community, Eurocommunism, and a multipolar world while keeping NATO out unless a majority supports entry. Carrillo rejects rigid nationalization and favors independence from both Moscow and Washington.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Communist Party
Santiago Carrillo
U.S
United Press International
Carrillo
Francisco Franco
Portugal
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
NATO
Coffee prices and a brewing global dispute
The 1975 Brazilian frost killed 900 million trees in Parana, halving 1976 output and driving prices toward $3 a pound. Frosts, weather, and political events worldwide spurred a consumer boycott movement while U.S. buyers faced sharp hikes and calls to cut consumption.
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Marcos Schauff
Parana
Schauff
Brazil
Colombia
U.S
General Foods
Mother Nature
Human Nature
Angola
US S
Free World
Guatemala
Uganda
Nicaragua
Elinor Guggenheimer
Consumer Affairs
New York City
Christine Sullivan
Massachusetts
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